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Kunafa

Nov-14-2015
Fajeeda Ashik
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Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
10 People
Serves
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ABOUT Kunafa RECIPE

Kunafa an arabic dessert.This is a dessert made with shredded phyllo dough and cheese and soaked in sugar syrup.

Recipe Tags

  • Veg
  • Festive
  • Middle Eastern
  • Baking
  • Dessert

Ingredients Serving: 10

  1. 250 gms Shredded Phyllo dough
  2. 1/2c Melted butter
  3. 1tsp Softened Butter
  4. Orange Powder Colour
  5. Crushed Pisthachios for garnishing
  6. 200 gms Mozarella cheese
  7. 150 gms Cream Cheese
  8. 1c Sugar
  9. 1c Water
  10. 2tsp Rose water

Instructions

  1. Add melted butter to the Phyllo dough and mix well with hand. Divide this dough into two halves.
  2. Grease a baking pan with softened butter and few pinches of orange color.
  3. Spread this color well in the baking pan with the hand. Now spread one half of the dough in the prepared pan. Press it well as a base.
  4. Spread the mozzarella cheese all over the prepared base.Press it very well. Now spread the cream cheese over the mozzarella cheese.
  5. Now spread the other half of the shredded dough over the cheese and press well.
  6. Bake the kunafa at 180 degree C for 15 to 20 mins or till the dough is crispy.
  7. Boil sugar and water together. Once sugar is melted, add rose water to this.
  8. Once the kunafa is baked, pour the half sugar syrup over the hot kunafa. Let it sit for few mins.
  9. Now invert the kunafa to another plate and pour the rest sugar syrup over it. Garnish with crushed pistachios.
  10. Let it absorb the syrup for sometimes. Now the kunafa is ready to cut and serve.

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